Combination household-tool



J No.-6!8,258. Patented Jan. 24,1899.

H. R. UEGKERMAN.

COMBINATION HOUSEHOLD TOOL.

(Application filed Aug. so, 1598.

(No Model.)

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WITNESSES; uvvmm ATTORNEY.

NITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IIERMAN R. UEOKERMAN, OF EMSWORTH, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINATION HOUSEHOLD-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 618,258, dated January24, 1899.

Application filed August 30, 1898. Serial No. 689,881. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN R. UECKER- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Emsworth, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combinationl'Iousehold fool, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combination household-tools; and the objectthereof is to provide a tool which combines in one implement several ofthe more useful articles of everyday use.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction and in thecombination and assemblage of parts hereinafter fully described andclaimed, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is an elevation of the implement with its arms opened or separated.Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the opposite side from that illustratedin Fig. 1,with the arms closed together. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectionalview on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4c is a detail view of the endcan-opener portion of the implement.

The tool consists,essentially,of the two arms A and B, hinged togetherat one end by rivet or screw 0. Hinge-head D constitutes thepinching-heel or fulcrum for can-opener blade E,the latter being formedwith guard F,which overhangs the can edge when in use and holds theblade from running inward from the edge while advancing during thecutting operation. Arm B adjacent the hinge is formed withlemon-squeezing bowl G, while immediately over said bowl arm A is formedwith the complementary plunger or presser I-I. Next in order on arm A isthe laterally-proj ectin g serrated hammer-head I for tendering meat,crushing ice, &c., while in line with said hammer on arm B isice-chopper J. It will be noted that arms A and B engage flatly in linewith hammer I and chopper J so that the force of a blow struck by eitherof said tools is borne by both arms, each arm reinforcing the other. Thearms are held together against lateral deflection by lugs K, projectingfrom arm B and embracing arm A. rench-cavity K may be formed in theengaging surfaces of the arms, as shown, and the same also may be usedfor holding nuts while cracking. The central portions of the arms areoppositely curved at L to form,when

closed, a circular jar-top wrench. These curved wrench members carry thepointed oppositely-sharpened hook-shaped knives M, which, with the toollaid flatly on the top of a tin can, are adapted to be forced into theopposite vertical sides thereof, just beneath the top, and by rotatingthe tool the can-top is cut off. The arms are continued to formconvenient handles N, one of said handles terminating in screw-driver Oand the other handle forming at its extremity the tack-claw P. Thus aplurality of the most necessary household-tools are convenientlyassembled in a single implement, and the same being stoutly made eachelement has full capacity for the work required of it without strain orinjury to the other elements.

The distance between the impact parts and the handles is such as toafford the former proper length of stroke. lVere said parts located ator adjacent to the pivot of the arms they would be too far from thehandles and their use would be cumbersome and inconvenient. A furtheradvantage incident to the arrangement of elements here shown is that thelemon-squeezing parts do not receive the direct force of blows of theimpact elements, and having position beyond said elements rather thanbetween them and the handles they are subjected to a minimum amount ofjar when striking with the implement. I

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of 'two separable arms curved oppositely to form acombined jar-top wrench and tin-can embracer, and inwardly pointingknives secured to the curved arms for the purpose described, said knivesbeing in a plane parallel with the plane of the arms, the knife edgesstopping short of the concave edges of the arms, whereby the devicemaywrencha jar-top without interference from the knives, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HERMAN R. UEOKERMAN,

lVitnesses:

J. M. NESBIT, A. O. DEAN.

